• The vaccine was developed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and at Okairos, a Swiss-based biotech company owned by the British drug company GlaxoSmithKline.
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• Preparing for its initial public offering, e-commerce company Alibaba estimates its stock will sell for $60 to $66 a share. The retailing giant will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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• In June, President Obama said he would act on his own to reshape U.S. immigration policies at the summer’s end. Since then, he’s come under pressure from fellow Democrats.
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• NATO leaders gathered in Wales this week to address the crisis in Ukraine and the threat posed by the Islamic State. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to the former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder.
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• Cops in Ferguson, Mo., started wearing video cameras this week. What effect do they have on behavior? A criminologist reviews the (preliminary) evidence.
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• Ben Hewitt’s sons do not follow standardized curriculum; there are no tests or grades. He is a member of the “unschooling” movement.
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• Over the next six months, about 20,000 people will get Ebola. Half will die. To stop the virus, the World Health Organization says it needs thousands of health care workers and $600 million.
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